Paper casing for agricultural forks.



E. D. LOWELL.

PAPER CASING FOR AGRICULTURAL FORKS.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 4, 1915.

1,1 61 ,707. Patented Nov. 23, 1915.

COLUMBIA PLANOURAPH COHWASHINGTON. D. c.

ERWIN n. LOWEEL, or CLEVELAND rrEreHrs vitEAeE, OHIOQASSIGNOR r0 THE AMERICAN EoEKANn HOE'CQM AN'Y, or CLEVELAND, omega CORPORATION OF OHIO;

Application measep'tem ber 4; 1915; Setia1lo.,48,96.-

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ERWI'N 'DpLownm,

a citizen of the United. States, residing at Cleveland Heights Village, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Paper Casings for Agricultural Forks, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference-being had to the accompanying drawings.

The object of this inventionis to provide a simple, cheap .and effective paper casing for the heads of agricultural forks, preventing their soiling, rusting or marring between the time of manufacture and delivery to the user. Heretofore it has been oustomary for the manufacturer or wholesaler 1 or otherwise damaged, interfering with their ready sale. Moreover, in the handling of bundles of forks by the freight men and ware-house men, the points of the tines frequently projected through the wrapping, and were thus in ured. The ideaof my invention is to make aneffective individual package of each fork so that it will remain protected during shipping and handling 1 until finally sold.

I have discovered a' very simple form of paper easing which may be made from a rectangu'lar sheet of paper and by which the head, including tines and socket, are eifec tivel-y protected. Furthermore, my casing issecured to the fork in such a manner that there is no tendency of the fork to slip Within the casing and poke holes through it. This is important, as these articles are not only frequently handled roughly in transit, I

but are usually stood on their points in the store, and the points, bein-g q-uite sharp,

would ordinarily puncture a paper "wrap ping.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is aperspective view of my caslng inplace on a fork head.

The remaining views respectively indie-ate 011 a sma'llerscale, the caslng 1n various'suc- C6SS1V6' stages toward completion. Thus,"

' PAPER CASING rota AGRICULTURA FORKS.

Specification of Letteisratent. y fPa t nf 2 133 5 Fig. 2 shows a fork head 'w ith the easing given its first foldjFi-g. '3 shows a fork head withlkthe casing having ai second fold;

ig- 4: shows the'head with the casing having 8 is an-edge View and Fig. 9 anendview showlingthje .casing'ha-ving its final folds and ready. for'the stapling. I

1n the drawing, A indioatesthe-three tines of a fork "Whichare joined together and provlded with a socket A in any usual man ner. Bv indicates the handle foresuch fork.

One of the advantages of mv casingisthat it requires mo -special. cutting of the blank,

sinrplegreetangular sheetof paper being used forhthis purpose. 'Thissheet is mate rial ly longer than the fork head and something over twice as wide. V The sheet'is first placed with its intermediate-portion 10 (Fig.

2) behind the times, with the portion 111 substantially aswi-de as the fork head extending at oneside; land the smaller portion 1210f the sheet lying at the "other side. This portion 12 is then bent over onto the face of the fork head approximately along the line of the outermost tine A, thus producing a flar ng oritrapezoidal fold or panelof Papenasshown Fig. 2-. The projecting I portion 11 is then folded over, making another trapezoidal panel which lies against the panel 121 Fig. shows the casing at this stage, which, it-will be seen, is a substan- I tial'ly flaring envelop inclos'ingthe forlz'he'ad.

The next operation'is to so bend the paper of-thecasing as to -make a reinforced protectionfor the'points of-the tines. This is accomplished liby. bending on itself a portion of "the envelop which projects beyond the tines. The projectingportion of the three panels 10, 11 and 12 is first bent rearward over these points to produce a short transverse panel 13 and then'b'ent upwardly at 14. This is shown inF-igs. 4e and 5.. Now,

' the extreme end portion 14} is-folded on itself to produce thefiaplt (Figst and man then this flap 15 and the upper half of the i panel "14' "is bentoveronto the front of the" fork so that two panels 16 and 17'are made- 10, 11 and 12. g V p The inner portions of the'panels 10, '11

out of the panel 14. This brings the casing into the form shown in Figs. 8 and 9, from which it will be seen that, extending across the extreme end' of thepackage is a reinforce composed on the front side of the double thicknesses l'and 16 and on the rear side of the double thicknesses 13 and; 17 this reinforce being in addition to the thicknesses and, 12 which lie von opposite sides of the shank of the handle are bent over onto the" panel 11, as shown at 18and 19 in-Fig. 9.-- This makes a complete reinforced envelop for'the fork head. 7 1 r i g In order to secure the parts of the envelop" described to each other and prevent them shifting'on the fork head I employ suitable wire fastenings or staples. Thus, four staples 20 are shown passing through the various thicknesses. of thetransverse reinforce and located adjacent to the re spective tines. Two staples 21 pass through the two bent over folds 18 and 19,..and one staple 22 is employed in the middle portion of the casing adjacent to the edge of the 'panel'll'and extending. through the three,

,thicknesses 11, 12- and 10. a

It will be seen thatthis casing-is simply constructed, is cheap and at the same time effectivelyprotects the fork head. It should 1 be noted particularly that the extending'of the casing over the shoulders ofthe fork andsecuring it at this point and also'securing it at "the end ofthe fork anchors the casing to thehead, so that there is no tendency for it to shift thereon. 'Ll/Vhile the sheet of paper need not be particularly heavy,

bending it into the form shown gives it a tubular effect,- so that it has considerable power to resist strains tending to' double or. buckle it. Therefore, {when the fork is stood-on afioor on" its points, even if it be dropped with considerable force, the points will not puncture the paper, as the whole tubular casing will 'move downwardly with the fork and there will be no relative movement between the fork and pa-' 'ing to be effective. 7

It may be stated as an additional advantage of my invention that it provides a conper, This avoidance of relative movement 1s important in enabl ng such a paper casvenient surface for the printing of any suitable description or advertisement, as indi cated by the lettering 80 in Fig. 1.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is: ;v v

1. A paper casingfor agricultural forks consisting of a sheetdoubled to make a substantial tube embracing the fork, the projectingportion of the sheet beyond the ends ",Of the tines being doubled transversely on itself first in one direction and then in the otherto make a reinforce across the points of the fork and extending onto opposite sides thereof.

2. A paper casing for agricultural forks consisting of a sheet doubled to make a substantial tube embracing the fork, the projecting portions of the tube beyond'the shouldersof the fork head being doubled inwardly, a transverse doubled vreinforce consisting of a plurality of thicknesses ofpaper extending across the points of the fork and onto opposite sides thereof, and

fastening devices for securing the transverse reinforce and theinward bends beyond the shoulders.

3. A paper casingifor agricultural forks consisting of a sheet doubled to substantially embrace the fork, the projecting portions of the sheet beyond the points of the tines being doubled in'one direction and then the other to provide a trough-shaped rein-- force of double thickness extending onto both sides of the package, and fastening devices extending through such reinforce and through the casing proper within the reinforce. r

4. In a paper casing for agricultural forks, the combination of a sheet having an intermediate panel standing on one side. of the 1 fork and two edge panels overlapping each other on the other side of the fork, the end portions of such three panels being doubled as a unit in one direction and then the other to provide a transverse reinforce extending over thepoints of the tines onto both the front and rear side'of the casing, and staples passing through the the casing. .7 I

5.1n a paper casing for agricultural reinforce and the intermediate portion of forks,'the combination of a sheet having an intermediate panel standing on one side-of the fork and two edge panels overlapping each other on the other side'of the fork,the

end portions of such three panels being d0ubled as a unit in one direction and then the other to provide a transverse reinforce extending over the points of the tines onto both the front and rear side of the casing,

the portionof the casing extending beyond 1 V the shoulders of the fork being doubled in- 7. A paper casing for agricultural forks tinesfand staples passing through both porconsisting of a sheet doubled on itself to tions of such doubled reinforce and through make a substantial tube embracing the fork, the intermediate tubular portion of the cas- 10 a reinforce across the ends of the tines coming.

\ posed of a plurality of thicknesses of paper In testimony whereof, I hereunto affix my doubled on itself back and forth to extend signature. onto both sides and across the ends of the V ERWIN D. LOWELL.

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